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Danielle A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Round numbers only?

Does this convention only work when talking about full thousands/millions/billions? What if you want to say 12,505 things or 1,350,000 things?

Asked 2 years ago

John M.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of duquelLe garçon à côté de qui tu es assise a de beaux yeux.The boy (whom) you're sitting next to has beautiful eyes.Why in the above sentene is tu es assise used and not tu assieds?

Asked 2 years ago

Ruth M.A1Kwiziq community member

You said that que cannot be before the verbJe ne suis qu'allé au cinéma - in this example it is

Asked 2 years ago

Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In lesson for 'ne explitif'"Évitons que la situation ne dégénère !Let's avoid the situation getting worse!" appears. Instead of 'avoid' wouldn't 'prevent be better, or is avoid maybe used in Britain to an extent?-- I'm American, and the latter sounds more natural to me.

Asked 2 years ago

David M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Cette fille est belle" mais "Cette école est bien"

Is there a lesson which covers this case of using an adverb "bien" instead of an adjective "bonne" ?

Asked 2 years ago

shirqille t.B2Kwiziq community member

J'ai besoin de supplementaire information sur l'usage de "en tant que". Remercie de votre assistance.

Asked 2 years ago

James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quand on fait de longues gardes fatigantes

Why is there a "DE" here? Is the expression "fait de qch"?

Asked 2 years ago

Peter O.C1Kwiziq community member

41 Hyphen check?

Is the hyphen with 41 correct here? On the page Expressing numbers 70 to 999 in French it says no hyphen for 41?

Asked 2 years ago

Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Parmi lesquels les Celtes etc..

Can one also say 'dont les Celtes' in this situation?

Asked 2 years ago

Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

acquérir - past participle acquis

I had not come across this verb before, and thought it would behave like an ir verb wth a past participle of acquéri. Could you tell me which other verbs follow the same pattern as acquérir? Or is it completely irregular?

Asked 2 years ago

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